Introduced to the Parliament EU the results of the IfreightMED-DC project that has the scope to improve accessibility of the ports



The results of the IFreightMED-DC project, program of economic development and cooperation of the Mediterranean area that has the objective to improve accessibility of the ports and the competitiveness of the transport services goods on track through a multimodale and intermodal approach, are introduced today to the European Parliament on initiative of eurodeputato Brando Benifei.

The project, than will be concluded at the end of the month and to which partner has joined the Harbour Authority of with other four: the front man Catalonia (Spain), Languedoc-Roussillon (France), Zahodna Slovenija (Slovenia) and Jadranska Hrvatska (Croatia), has developed over 30 months of job with an appropriation pairs to 2,6 million euros, in great part which co-financed from the European Fund for Regional Development

Europarlamentare they break Benifei has evidenced the value of the project for the territory and from Liguria harbour port of call: "for our territory - it has explained - it has been be a matter of a great opportunity. Our Authority has lead a detailed analysis of the requirements of the operators and of the potential new ask of traffic, strengthening the exchanges on the two European corridors (IT TRY) which 1 is connected (and 5) and starting two new international intermodal services".

The eurodeputato one has found that in future other opportunities could be cultured, while a first step in the right direction is completed: "still in we are attended - it has specified - of the completion of consisting investment plans more, as the review of the policy of IT TRY or the opportunities that could come from the Strategic Bottom for the European Investments, the so-called "Slowly Juncker", but this project represents already the carried out one of which there is need: strategic collaboration in the basin of the Mediterranean, in order to throw again the increase and the competitiveness of the area".

"The participation of the Harbour Authority of in the IFreightMED-DC project - it has emphasized the president of the harbour agency, Lorenzo Forcieri - confirmation our full will to support and to stimulate the rail shipment for the transfer of the goods and in order to connect the port of to the markets inland more important in Europe. The support given through the communitarian project to the start of two new services, La Spezia - Frenkendorf and La Spezia - Monk, represents a result for us a lot important and an ulterior element of competitiveness for our port of call that the international offer to the goods increases so. It is own thanks to projects as IFreightMED-DC - it has concluded Forcieri - than can be given an ulterior impulse to the intermodalità, than in our port of call it reaches already 35%, and to recover traffics".